For Atul Ranjan's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan is looking to promote Okinawa Prefecture in India as a wedding tourism destination as one of its initiatives to woo Indian tourists to the country. Setting its sights on India's outbound wedding market, mainly driven by wealthy individuals in the country, the Japan National ...
Honda Motor Co. might undertake a project to let businesses in India test ride its electric motorcycles on a trial basis next year as the government pushes eco-friendly mobility to address worsening air pollution. “We are planning to implement an electric two-wheeler trial program in ...
The number of Japanese companies registered in India increased 5.2 percent in 2018 from the previous year as the nation's businesses continue to tap opportunities in Asia's third largest economy. The figure totaled 1,441 as of October, 72 more than a year earlier, with manufacturing ...
Even as India's ATM industry struggles to cope with the rising cost of tightened compliance requirements aimed at boosting security standards, manufacturers expect demand for new machines meeting the latest regulatory norms to go up in the country. The Confederation of ATM Industry, or CATMi, ...
India is planning to adopt a new strategy toward negotiating free trade agreements even as the country is engaged in talks with members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the proposed ASEAN-focused regional free trade area. As part of the strategy, the South Asian country ...
Japanese companies are looking to tap India's medical market with funding and technological solutions to make health care more accessible in the world's second-most populous country. Japan-based venture capital firms like Spiral Ventures and India Japan Partnership Fund LLP are either funding local health tech ...
Lixil Group Corp., Japan's leading manufacturer of household products, has launched a training program for plumbers in India to help fill a shortage of such workers while improving professional standards. Dubbed "Project Nadee," the program aims to produce 50,000 commercially licensed plumbers in the next ...
Japan recently conducted a training program in India on crop diversification in Afghanistan as part of its third-country training initiative in collaboration with partner countries, according to Tokyo's development aid agency. The Japan International Cooperation Agency invited 12 Afghan government officials to train in Himachal ...
Global apparel retailer Uniqlo Co. will enter the Indian market in fall 2019, signaling its strong resolve to penetrate Asia's third-largest economy as part of a global campaign. Announcing the establishment of its wholly owned subsidiary Uniqlo India Pvt. Ltd. on Wednesday, Uniqlo said it ...
India is heavily promoting Buddhist tourism in a bid to attract more tourists from countries with sizable Buddhist populations, including Japan, as part of a strategy to boost foreign tourist arrivals. India is not only organizing an international Buddhist conclave every other year, but is ...
